Tumoral PD-L1(+)/immune cell PD-L1(−)/CD8+/low TILs showing a worse prognosis may be beneficial for combinatorial therapies of anti-PD-L1/PD-1 and anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA4) that would promote effector T cells, thus attack the tumor. Here, PDCD1 is linked to neoplasm.